Westeros Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Brian Cox, star of Succession and many, many other films and television programs over the years, has revealed his near-brush with Game of Thrones in GQ, where an excerpt of his new memoir—titled Putting the Rabbit in the Hat (Amazon affiliate link)—discusses his views on the monetary side of the acting business, and the sheer chance by which some programs become global hits and others fall flat. In the course of the excerpt, Cox writes that he’s often asked if he was ever offered a role in Game of Thrones: As we’re on the subject, 25th Hour was written by David Benioff, who of course went on to be showrunner for Game of Thrones. I’m often asked if I was offered a role in Game of Thrones—reason being that every other bugger was—and the answer is, yes, I was supposed to be a king called Robert Baratheon, who apparently died when he was gored by a boar in the first season. I know very little about Game of Thrones so I can’t tell you whether or not he was an important character, and I’m not going to google it just in case he was, because I turned it down. https://www.westeros.org/Graphics/Images/_medium/Brian_Cox_%282016%29.jpg read on >>> View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnar, P.I. Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 What a badass. I liked Knight’s Tale guy but I woulda been down for King Super Troopers FOR SURE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The hairy bear Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 He would have made an incredible Robert. Mark Addy was great, but he might have been even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegoldbering Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 3:48 PM, Westeros said: Brian Cox, star of Succession and many, many other films and television programs over the years, has revealed his near-brush with Game of Thrones in GQ, where an excerpt of his new memoir—titled Putting the Rabbit in the Hat (Amazon affiliate link)—discusses his views on the monetary side of the acting business, and the sheer chance by which some programs become global hits and others fall flat. In the course of the excerpt, Cox writes that he’s often asked if he was ever offered a role in Game of Thrones: As we’re on the subject, 25th Hour was written by David Benioff, who of course went on to be showrunner for Game of Thrones. I’m often asked if I was offered a role in Game of Thrones—reason being that every other bugger was—and the answer is, yes, I was supposed to be a king called Robert Baratheon, who apparently died when he was gored by a boar in the first season. I know very little about Game of Thrones so I can’t tell you whether or not he was an important character, and I’m not going to google it just in case he was, because I turned it down. https://www.westeros.org/Graphics/Images/_medium/Brian_Cox_%282016%29.jpgread on >>> View the full article I'm trying to decide if he would have been an awesome Robert or an incredible Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takiedevushkikakzvezdy Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/16/2022 at 10:22 PM, The hairy bear said: He would have made an incredible Robert. Mark Addy was great, but he might have been even better. I don't know if he would have looked the part as much as Mark Addy did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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